items tagged with Addiction
Study finds Ritalin risky for pleasure addiction
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2009-02-18 08:54:07
According to New York researchers, the attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medicine Ritalin increases the risk of addiction to people who take it for pleasure or for performance enhancement because it causes brain changes in its addiction centers.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2009-02-18 08:54:07
According to New York researchers, the attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medicine Ritalin increases the risk of addiction to people who take it for pleasure or for performance enhancement because it causes brain changes in its addiction centers.
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No lady luck: Gambling near-misses can be addictive
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2009-02-17 10:10:03
Researchers from the United Kingdom found that gamblers who have near-misses while playing slot machines are stimulating parts of their brains that involve addictions in humans and increase their desire to continue gambling.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2009-02-17 10:10:03
Researchers from the United Kingdom found that gamblers who have near-misses while playing slot machines are stimulating parts of their brains that involve addictions in humans and increase their desire to continue gambling.
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Brits suffer from discomgoogolation
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-09-03 08:07:05
New research suggests that the British are becoming increasingly addicted to the Internet. So much so that discomgoogolation has been identified as a major new cause of stress by one psychologist...
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-09-03 08:07:05
New research suggests that the British are becoming increasingly addicted to the Internet. So much so that discomgoogolation has been identified as a major new cause of stress by one psychologist...
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Help! I’m addicted to the Internet - are you?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-03-24 07:33:35
Internet addiction is a real disorder, with its incidence rising across the world, with the most interesting research coming from South Korea, although US ‘case descriptions are remarkably similar’ according to a new report.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-03-24 07:33:35
Internet addiction is a real disorder, with its incidence rising across the world, with the most interesting research coming from South Korea, although US ‘case descriptions are remarkably similar’ according to a new report.
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Smoking while investing doesn't compute
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2008-03-15 09:40:49
Texas researchers used a simple investment game to show smokers process information differently than non-smokers, causing them to make poor investment decisions.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2008-03-15 09:40:49
Texas researchers used a simple investment game to show smokers process information differently than non-smokers, causing them to make poor investment decisions.
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